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FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals: Messi and co lifts the world cup after winning penalties

Mohak Gandhi
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New Delhi: Argentina has created history and it is a perfect farewell for their captain Lionel Messi. The world witnessed a clash to remember for ages as the game went into penalties after 3-3. With seven Ballon d’Or, the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball and several player of the year awards, Messi, now has won the World Cup trophy also. A superb performance from Martinez, both during before the full-time and in the penalties has anchored the historic win. These two goals from Messi and a stunner from Di Maria will be remembered in the books of football history.

France and Kylian Mbappe tried their best as Mbappe became the first man to score a hat trick in the World Cup finals. Nonetheless, he takes home the Golden Boot with an incredible performance in the tournament.

Live Updates:

# Argentina is the new world champion!

# Muani scores for France.

# Paredes takes it to 3-1.

# Tchouameni misses completely.

# Dybala scores and Argentina leads 2-1.

# Martinez saves! Coman misses it in front of the keeper.

# Messi goes with a cheeky strike and it is 1-1.

# Kylian Mbappe scores in the first penalty. Martinez got his hands to the ball, but it goes through.

# WHAT A MATCH! The game will be decided by the penalties.

# Tagliafico goes out and Dybala is in for Argentina.

# 118′ Hattrick for Mbappe!

# The ball strikes the elbow and the referee awards a penalty to France.

# Leandro Paredes gets a yellow card for a nasty tackle.

# 108′ Messi strikes again! Martinez struck a shot and Lloris saved, just for Messi to score the goal.

# Argentina misses two close chances.

# Score stands at 2-2 and there is more extra time to go. Will the finals go into the penalties?

# Yellow card for Marcos Acuna.

# Great save from Lloris after Messi tries to score.

# Giroud unhappy with the free kicks comes onto the pitch and gets a yellow card for it.

# France goes on offence after the corner but Martinez saves well. Score: 2-2

# The game goes into 8 minutes of extra time.

# Yellow card to Thuram.

# 81′ Another one from Mbappe. Assist from Thuram and a stunning strike by Mbappe to equalise.

# 80′ Kylian Mbappe scores in penalty as Martinez had almost saved it.

# Penalty for France! 

# France has taken just two shots in the game, just shows the dominance of Argentina.

# Marcos Acuna comes in for Angel Di Maria,

# Alvarez enters the French defence and takes a strike as Lloris saves it.

# Nasty tackle there by Adrien Rabiot. De Paul holds his leg and the referee shows a yellow card to Rabiot.

# Corner for France and the ball goes direct to Martinez.

# Can France do a Netherlands here?

# Half-time: Argentina has the game under control with a lead of 2-0.

# Marcus Thuram comes in for Giroud and Muani for Dembele.

# 36′ Di Maria scores this time and Argentina has a decisive lead now. A great assist from Mac Allister as Di Maria beats the keeper. And don’t forget it was Messi who passed the ball to Mac Allister here.

# Corner for Argentina and Giroud defends well there.

# 23′ Lionel Messi scores the first one of the night! What a conversion of the penalty and he now leads the race for the Golden Boot.

# Penalty for Argentina!

# France had a free kick and Giroud gets his head to the ball but misses this time.

# Argentina continues the attack and France earns a free kick in the 10th minute as Romero collides with Lloris.

# Lloris saved this one and the referee says it was offside.

# Match kicks off.

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